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Hi! I'm D. Andrew Neves

 Editor-in-Chief, Microgreens World, “The Best Information: Tray Tested, Science Backed" Co-Founder of JPure Farms, an earlystartup indoor microgreens operation in Atlanta, Georgia Author of more than 10 books, including "Children of the Soil: How To Grow Nutritious Microgreens At Home in Nine Days" Founder and Managing Editor of MBS Publishing, "Science Writing for the Rest of Us"  Certified Health Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and over 35 years of writing and researching health and nutrition. Visit my website, Microgreens World, www.microgreensworld.com

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Microgreens World Weekly Digest - July 24, 2026

Your weekly roundup of microgreens science, business, and growing news — July 24, 2026͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ Microgreens World Your weekly source for microgreens science, business & growing news Vol. 7 · No. 30 · Week of July 17 – 23, 2026 · microgreensworld.com Top Story This Week Regulation & Food Safety The FDA just handed microgreens growers a traceability reprieve through 2028 — and the ones treating it as a countdown, not a day off, are about to pull ahead. Vertical Farm Daily ·...

Microgreens World Weekly Digest

Your weekly roundup of microgreens science, business, and growing news — July 17, 2026͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ Microgreens World Your weekly source for microgreens science, business & growing news Vol. 7 · No. 29 · Week of July 10 – 16, 2026 · microgreensworld.com Top Story This Week Market Growth Global microgreens market projects 10.9% annual growth as organic demand forces producers to double output. Industry Today · industrytoday.co.uk · July 16, 2026 This Week's Stories Bone Health...

Microgreens World Weekly Digest

Your weekly roundup of microgreens science, business, and growing news — July 10, 2026͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ Microgreens World Your weekly source for microgreens science, business & growing news Vol. 7 · No. 28 · Week of July 3 – 9, 2026 · microgreensworld.com Top Story This Week Industry Profile Belgian Startup Bets That Microgreens Belong in Every Kitchen, Not Just Michelin Stars A Belgian microgreens company — co-founded by Cesar and Yuval Depicker in 2022 — is pushing past the specialty niche to...

Microgreens World Weekly Digest

Your weekly roundup of microgreens science, business, and growing news — July 3, 2026͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ Microgreens World Your weekly source for microgreens science, business & growing news Vol. 7 · No. 27 · Week of June 26 – July 2, 2026 · microgreensworld.com Top Story This Week Commercial Operations "We Never Say No": Koppert Cress Reveals the Operational Secret Behind Commercial Microgreens at Scale Koppert Cress built its entire commercial identity around a single promise to chefs — and this...

Microgreens World Weekly Digest

Your weekly roundup of microgreens science, business, and growing news — June 26, 2026͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ Microgreens World Your weekly source for microgreens science, business & growing news Vol. 7 · No. 26 · Week of June 19 – 25, 2026 · microgreensworld.com Top Story This Week Indoor Agriculture • Business Strategy AeroFarms’ New CEO Bets the Farm on a CPG Playbook — With Microgreens at the Center AeroFarms has a new CEO with a consumer packaged goods background — and microgreens are the product...

Microgreens growing tray under purple LED grow lights representing the AeroFarms acquisition and its impact on the microgreens industry

Hello Reader, Last week, a reader sent me a direct message: "Andrew, what does the AeroFarms acquisition actually mean for me as a grower?" Fair question. So I wrote a full opinion piece answering it. Here is the short version. It is the best thing to happen to the microgreens industry in years. More visibility, more research dollars, more consumer demand. A rising tide. But a rising tide only lifts boats that are seaworthy. If you grow commercially right now, whether you are doing $30K a...

Microgreens World Weekly Digest

Your weekly roundup of microgreens science, business, and growing news — June 19, 2026͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ Microgreens World Your weekly source for microgreens science, business & growing news Vol. 7 · No. 25 · Week of June 12 – 18, 2026 · microgreensworld.com Top Story This Week Industry & Business The largest U.S. microgreens supplier just changed hands — and the new owners say they're going bigger, not smaller. PRNewswire / Produce Grower · June 11, 2026 This Week's Stories Biofortification...

Microgreens World Weekly Digest

Your weekly roundup of microgreens science, business, and growing news — June 12, 2026͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ Microgreens World Your weekly source for microgreens science, business & growing news Vol. 7 · No. 24 · Week of June 5 – 11, 2026 · microgreensworld.com ⚡ Breaking: AeroFarms Acquired — Industry Shakeup Inside Top Story This Week Industry & Acquisition Palm Ventures acquires AeroFarms — and the largest U.S. microgreens supplier is now set to expand distribution nationwide. Cardinal News ·...

Microgreens World Weekly Digest

span style="display:none;font-size:0;max-height:0;overflow:hidden;mso-hide:all;">Your weekly roundup of microgreens science, business, and growing news — June 5, 2026͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ Microgreens World Your weekly source for microgreens science, business & growing news Vol. 7 · No. 23 · Week of May 29 – June 4, 2026 · microgreensworld.com Top Story This Week Food Safety Two Separate Canadian Microgreens Recalls for E. coli Issued in the Same Week Les Fermes Lufa and Micro Verdure both recalled...

Microgreens World Weekly Digest

Your weekly roundup of microgreens science, business, and growing news — May 29, 2026͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ Microgreens World Your weekly source for microgreens science, business & growing news Vol. 7 · No. 22 · Week of May 22 – 28, 2026 · microgreensworld.com Top Story This Week Food Safety · Canada Double Recall Continues to Rock the Canadian Microgreens Market as E. coli Found in Multiple Brands For producers in Canada, the US, and internationally, food safety analysts note that these recalls...